Signs offer glimpse of Public Square's rich past

11:59 PM,
Feb. 20, 2013

Ben Wilson stands by one of the six signs he created with the help of others that show the history of the Public Square in Murfreesboro. The signs are on display in the first-floor lobby of the Rutherford County Courthouse in the center of the Public Square. The photographs come from the collection of Wilson's late grandfather Richard Shacklett, the founder of Shacklett's Photography on the Public Square, and the Rutherford County Archives.

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Folks who'd like to learn more about the history of the city's Public Square should check out the photographs displayed on six signs in the Rutherford County Courthouse.

The signs in the first-floor lobby of the courthouse show the collection of the late Richard Shacklett, the founder of Shacklett's Photography, as well as other pictures from the Rutherford County Archives.

"We have a gold mine," said Gloria Shacklett Christy, the daughter of Richard Shacklett. "There are so many wonderful stories these pictures represent." ...